Citation

Johnson LN, Ketring SA. J. Marital Fam. Ther. 2006; 32(3): 345-354.

Affiliation

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, USA. ljohnson@fcs.uga.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16933438

Abstract

The role of the therapy alliance in therapy outcome for families dealing with child abuse and neglect was examined using the family as the unit of analysis. The alliance was tested as a moderator in relationship to posttreatment levels of symptom distress and physical violence. Results show that the bonds, goals, and tasks subscale scores are significantly related to posttreatment levels of symptom distress and that the goals subscale score is significantly related to posttreatment level of violence. There is an interaction between bonds and level of violence at intake, suggesting that the greater the level of violence at intake, the more important the bonds domain.

Language: en